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Men’s Team of 2022 announced according to PCA MVP Rankings.
The 2022 IG PCA Men’s Team of the Year has been decided by the PCA Most Valuable Player Rankings to give an ultimate XI from all this season’s domestic men’s cricket.
Will Jacks captains the side after winning the PCA Men’s Domestic Overall MVP award, finishing with a total of 536 points. The Surrey all-rounder has also been nominated for the cinch PCA Men’s and Men’s Young Player of the Year awards, following a fantastic season that culminated in an England debut.
IG is an official partner of England Cricket with the IG PCA Men’s Team of the Year selected ahead of the final LV= Insurance County Championship round of the season with three players that made the 2021 Team of the Year selected again this season. The 2021 cinch PCA Men’s Young Player of the Year and 2022 nominee Harry Brook maintains his sport at number five, with Simon Harmer and Sam Cook also retaining places.
The cinch PCA Awards takes place at The Hurlingham Club on Thursday 6 October where the best performing players of domestic and international cricket will be recognised. LV= Insurance County Championship Player of the Year, Keith Barker takes one of the slots in the team, with James Vince and Wiaan Mulder also in the XI after winning the Vitality Blast Player of the Year and Royal London Cup Player of the Year respectively.
All players selected in the 2022 IG PCA Women’s Team of the Year will received a personalised winner’s medal from Mappin & Webb.
IG PCA Men’s Team of the Year
Adam Lyth (Yorkshire, Northern Superchargers)
- 512 MVP points
- Most MVP batting points (447)
- 824 runs in Vitality Blast and Hundred
- The Hundred PCA MVP Men’s Player of the Year
Shan Masood (Derbyshire)
- 402 MVP points
- Highest batting points per game (13)
- 2 PCA Player of the Month awards
- 1,074 in County Champ
James Vince (Hampshire, Southern Brave)
- 522 MVP points
- 1,653 runs across formats
- Most fielding points (84)
- Won the Vitality Blast and Player of the Year as top run scorer (678)
James Bracey (wk) (Gloucestershire)
- 376 MVP points
- Highest placed keeper in MVP (93 pts)
- 1,294 runs across formats
- Three centuries and six fifties
Harry Brook (Yorkshire, Northern Superchargers)
- 403 MVP points
- 967 runs at average of 107.4 in CC
- 436 runs, averaging 39.7 in Blast
- Shortlisted for cinch PCA Men’s and Men’s Young Player of the Year
Will Jacks (c) (Surrey, Oval Invincibles)
- 536 MVP points
- 648 runs at 54.4 and 17 wickets in CC
- 710 runs in Blast and Hundred
- Shortlisted for cinch PCA Men’s and Men’s Young Player of the Year
Wiaan Mulder (Leicestershire)
- 395 MVP points
- 533 runs and 14 wickets in RLC
- Royal London Cup Player of the Year
- 689 runs and 14 wickets in CC
James Fuller (Hampshire, Southern Brave)
- 509 MVP points
- Best all-rounder (267 ball, 186 bat)
- 60 wickets and 871 runs all comps
- Won Vitality Blast as third best player according to MVP
Keith Barker (Hampshire)
- 400 MVP points
- 595 runs in County Champ
- 52 wickets at 22.4 in County Champ
- LV= Insurance County Championship Player of the Year
Simon Harmer (Essex)
- 518 MVP points
- Highest placed spinner (365 points)
- 59 wickets at 20.7 in County Champ
- Two 10-fers and seven five-wicket hauls
Sam Cook (Essex, Trent Rockets)
- 471 MVP points
- Most bowling MVP points (393)
- 74 wickets across all formats
- Won Hundred with 11 wickets in 6 games
*IG PCA Men’s Team of the Year was selected ahead of the final LV= Insurance County Championship round of the season.
View the full Men’s Overall Domestic MVP here.
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About the cinch PCA Awards:
The cinch PCA Awards traditionally brings the curtain down on the professional season with the biggest awards ceremony in English cricket. Hundreds of current and former players join key members of the industry to champion the best-performing individuals of the summer while reflecting on those who have given so much to the game.
Covering the full professional game, players are honoured across international, domestic, men’s and women’s cricket, with the awards ceremony returning to The Hurlingham Club on Thursday 6 October.
Full list of awards to be announced at the cinch PCA Awards:
- cinch PCA Men’s Player of the Year
- cinch PCA Women’s Player of the Year
- cinch PCA Men’s Young Player of the Year
- cinch PCA Women’s Young Player of the Year
- PCA Outstanding Contribution Award
- ECB Special Merit
- PCA Umpire of the Year – Men’s Game
- PCA Umpire of the Year – Women’s Game
List of awards to be recognised at the cinch PCA Awards
- IG PCA Men’s Team of the Year – Adam Lyth, Shan Masood, James Vince, James Bracey (WK), Harry Brook, Will Jacks ©, Wiaan Mulder, James Fuller, Keith Barker, Simon Harmer, Sam Cook
- Vitality PCA Women’s Team of the Year – Lauren Winfield-Hill, Danni Wyatt, Emma Lamb, Nat Sciver, Georgia Adams ©, Amy Jones (WK), Bryony Smith, Grace Scrivens, Emily Arlott, Katie Levick, Lauren Bell
- PCA Women’s Overall Domestic MVP – Georgia Adams
- PCA Men’s Overall Domestic MVP – Will Jacks
- Royal London ODI Men’s Player of the Summer – Jos Buttler
- Vitality IT20 Men’s Player of the Summer – Moeen Ali
- LV= Insurance Test Player of the Summer – Jonny Bairstow
- Vitality Blast Player of the Year – James Vince
- Royal London Cup Player of the Year – Wiaan Mulder
- LV= Insurance County Championship Player of the Year – Keith Barker
- The Hundred PCA MVP Men’s Player of the Year – Adam Lyth
- The Hundred PCA MVP Women’s Player of the Year – Nat Sciver
- Vitality IT20 Women’s Player of the Summer – Sophia Dunkley
- Royal London ODI Women’s Player of the Summer – Charlie Dean
- Charlotte Edwards Cup Player of the Year – Amy Jones
- Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Player of the Year – Lauren Winfield-Hill
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The Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA), founded in 1967 by former England fast bowler Fred Rumsey as the Cricketers’ Association, represents past and present first-class cricketers in England and Wales. In the 1970s, the PCA established a standard employment contract and minimum wage for professional cricketers. It also helped create a pension scheme in 1995 and launched the magazine All Out Cricket and the ACE UK Educational Programme in 2002.
